Austen Henry Layard

Austen Henry Layard (1817-1894) was a British Assyriologist, archaeologist, diplomat and politician. He excavated Nimrud and Nineveh, where he uncovered many Assyrian palace reliefs and, in 1851, the library of Ashurbanipal. He received the Founder’s Medal in 1849 and the Royal Gold Medal in 1868. His titles include "Discoveries Among the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon".